Category: Leadership & Management

Monica Bertagnolli, MD, is the new director of the National Institutes of Health. 

The role with origins in politics and the military has made its way into some large health systems, and can be clouded with obscurity given its variability and intensity.

Regional West Health Services in Scottsbluff, Neb., has terminated its contract with Chadron (Neb.) Community Hospital, Chadron Radio reported Nov. 1. 

James Block, MD, former president and CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine, died Oct. 9, The Baltimore Sun reported. He was 83.

Five top business schools have reached gender parity in their MBA programs, representing a record, The Wall Street Journal reported Nov. 2. 

Joon Sup Lee, MD, has served as CEO of Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare since July 1, and he brought with him experience as an executive, as well as an understanding of the patient perspective and the value of research at academic medical centers. 

The Department of Veterans Affairs has reassigned two top healthcare leaders in Colorado amid an internal investigation into concerns about oversight and workplace culture, The Denver Post reported. 

In recent years, hospital and health system CEOs have guided their organizations through financial, operational and workforce challenges, as well as industry changes spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors. Now, they are turning their attent…

The COO has had a tough year.

“One of the biggest mistakes” healthcare leaders can make is misreading the motivations of their employees, Sachin Jain, MD, wrote in an Oct. 31 LinkedIn post.